Mona Liebowitz by Dave Dumanis an artless novel

In the near future, the U.S. will split. One country will be relatively free. In the other, art will be illegal, religion mandatory. Teenage artistic prodigy Mona Liebowitz was born into the second. Now she's on the run with blood on her hands, and a scheming Anti-Art teacher has made a deal to bring her down before she "poisons" the country with the biggest art endeavor of all time.

Initially trained as a journalist, Dave Dumanis (b. 1963) has written novels, nonfiction, and poetry. He has worked as a taxi driver, baker, office assistant, bartender, "B" movie actor, Hollywood television extra, and advertising creative director. Dave lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.